Presented in partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Division of Government and Community Relations and the Vice Provost’s Office of Arts, Libraries, and Global Engagement 

In partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Division of Government and Community Relations and the Vice Provost’s Office of Arts, Libraries, and Global Engagement, the Frist Art Museum presents “Food for Thought,” a three-part series of interdisciplinary conversations over lunch or happy hour inspired by our exhibitions. These discussions will be presented by Vanderbilt faculty and staff, Frist Art Museum staff, and other members of the Nashville community.

Consider how colonialism impacts cultural dynamics and influences our culinary tastes during this conversation inspired by Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism, Tennessee Harvest, 1870s–1920s, and M. Florine Démosthène and Didier William: What the Body Carries.

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Image: Léon Augustin Lhermitte. The Gleaners, 1887. Oil on canvas; 29 1/2 x 37 3/4 in. Philadelphia Museum of Art: The George W. Elkins Collection, 1924




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